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| author | Martin Geisler <mg@lazybytes.net> |
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| date | Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:18:43 +0200 |
| parents | c904e76e3834 |
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--- a/help/revisions.txt Sun Oct 04 09:59:13 2009 +0200 +++ b/help/revisions.txt Sun Oct 04 12:18:43 2009 +0200 @@ -1,29 +1,29 @@ - Mercurial supports several ways to specify individual revisions. +Mercurial supports several ways to specify individual revisions. - A plain integer is treated as a revision number. Negative integers - are treated as sequential offsets from the tip, with -1 denoting - the tip, -2 denoting the revision prior to the tip, and so forth. +A plain integer is treated as a revision number. Negative integers are +treated as sequential offsets from the tip, with -1 denoting the tip, +-2 denoting the revision prior to the tip, and so forth. - A 40-digit hexadecimal string is treated as a unique revision - identifier. +A 40-digit hexadecimal string is treated as a unique revision +identifier. - A hexadecimal string less than 40 characters long is treated as a - unique revision identifier and is referred to as a short-form - identifier. A short-form identifier is only valid if it is the - prefix of exactly one full-length identifier. +A hexadecimal string less than 40 characters long is treated as a +unique revision identifier and is referred to as a short-form +identifier. A short-form identifier is only valid if it is the prefix +of exactly one full-length identifier. - Any other string is treated as a tag or branch name. A tag name is - a symbolic name associated with a revision identifier. A branch - name denotes the tipmost revision of that branch. Tag and branch - names must not contain the ":" character. +Any other string is treated as a tag or branch name. A tag name is a +symbolic name associated with a revision identifier. A branch name +denotes the tipmost revision of that branch. Tag and branch names must +not contain the ":" character. - The reserved name "tip" is a special tag that always identifies - the most recent revision. +The reserved name "tip" is a special tag that always identifies the +most recent revision. - The reserved name "null" indicates the null revision. This is the - revision of an empty repository, and the parent of revision 0. +The reserved name "null" indicates the null revision. This is the +revision of an empty repository, and the parent of revision 0. - The reserved name "." indicates the working directory parent. If - no working directory is checked out, it is equivalent to null. If - an uncommitted merge is in progress, "." is the revision of the - first parent. +The reserved name "." indicates the working directory parent. If no +working directory is checked out, it is equivalent to null. If an +uncommitted merge is in progress, "." is the revision of the first +parent.